Volkswagen will offer training and technical support to automotive institutes in India to produce industry-ready professionals through a new program. The company has partnered with Chandigarh-based Rayat-Bahra Group to focus on modern automobile technology through the Volkswagen Group Technical Education program. Global sustainable agriculture certification agencies like Rainforest Alliance and Utzcertified are targeting growers in India. FMCG companies like Unilever and Nestle plan to increase procurement of sustainable crops. Utzcertified focuses on tea, sugarcane, cotton, textiles and coffee and has certified 2,000 soybean farmers in Madhya Pradesh. BMW will launch its BMW Motorrad

1. Volkswagen to Train Students & Teachers
•Volkswagen would offer training & technical support to
automobile institutes, helping them in producing industry
ready professionals.
•Company has launched Programme- Volkswagen Group
Technical Education.
•Volkswagen has tied up with Chandigarh based Rayat-
Bahra Group.
•The Programme would focus on modern Automobile
Technology

2. Reaping Profit From Sustainable Farming
•Global agencies involved in sustainable agriculture value
chains such as Rainforest Alliance & Utzcertified are
targeting growers in India.
•FMCG Players like unilever & Nestle plan to increase
procurement of sustainable plantation crops.
•Now sustainable agriculture is equally concerned about
producers(farmers) & customers.
•Utzcertified is focusing on tea, sugarcane, cotton & textiles
besides coffee.

3. Contd.
• Utzcertified has certified 2000 soyabean farmers in Madhya Pradesh.
• These associations would help coffee growers as price realisation tend to
be higher for such products.

4. BMW to Ride in Superbikes in December
•Indian two wheeler market through a Joint Venture with
Hero Group, BMW revealed plans to launches BMW
Motorrad.
•Company will start selling the flagship S1000 as well as R &
K series models.
•Its new segmentation is expected to attract good demand
across the country because of rising Income & aspirations &
declining average age of consumers.
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5. Contd.
•Motarrad will primarily cater to touring, sports & the
cruising segment.
•All models will be Imported from Germany by Deutsche
motoren Delhi & Navnit motors Mumbai.

6. Bird Group to Invest Rs2200 crore in India
•Bird group - Travel & Hospitality company.
•It would Invest Rs2200 crore on developing six Luxury
hotels in India.
•It has entered into Joint Venture of 50:50 with Thailand
based Dusit Hotels.
•It expects to open its first Hotel next year under the brand”
Dusit bevarna” which will have capacity of around 800
rooms.

7. BHARTI,AIRCEL may bid for Qualcomm’s
broadband biz
•Qualcomm’s – US based chip maker company plans to sell
its wireless broadband business to India.
•It has sought minimum price of Rs 5000 crore for its
airwaves and permits in he four articles of Mumbai, Delhi,
Haryana & Kerala.
•Qualcomm’s Senior Vice President:- Paul Fiskness
•Tata Communications & Anil Ambani- promoted Reliance
Communications may also be interested.

8. Top IT Companies in Fray for Punjab e-
governance Project
•IT Companies including INFOSYS,TCL,HCL Technology etc.
are likely to bid for biggest e-governance project Related to
urban local bodies in Punjab.
•Common Facility Centers Including – Payment of bills,
management of data and other civic facilities provided by
municipal corporations.
•Process for inviting private companies for Rs. 460 crore
project has been already initiated.

9. Contd.
•Under this project company would develop software,
create database and provides services through common
facility centers.
• company would earn revenue by charging commission for
monetary transactions and various services.
•Selection would be on the basis of company quoting lowest
commission.